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Raw Material Futures Exchange
A platform to trade futures contracts for critical minerals used in energy storage (lithium, cobalt, etc.) ensuring supply chain transparency and mitigating price volatility driven by increased demand. A publicly accessible, price-discovery mechanism for raw materials.

Projects inspired by this Product Idea

What if the 'green' revolution was built on algorithms that reinforced inequality?
Mizan Al-Taqa: Scales of Energy: A speculative design project that critiques the ethical implications of AI-driven 'ethical' investment within the renewable energy sector, revealing potential inequalities masked by algorithmic complexity.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Highly accurate AI simulations revolutionize energy storage allowing integration of renewable power at all times.
Extrapolated from Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI - The Verge

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